Miss Pellin's Post
December 1st to December 5th

Happy Thanksgiving!!  There will not be school from Wednesday, November 26 - Friday, November 28th due to Thanksgiving. 

Downers Grove Field Trip:  We will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city on Thursday, December 4th from 9 am to 2 pm.  Everyone will eat at Giordano's restaurant (please send a cold lunch if your child decides not sign up for a pizza lunch). If you would like, though it is not necessary, students can also bring $5-$10 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at the downtown Downers Grove shops. Thank you!

The Fifteenth Week of 2014 at School: 

Science: We will finish the study of chapter 9. Students can choose to either take the chapter 9 test on Wednesday, December 3rd or Friday, December 5th.  

Social Studies: We will finish the study of Modern Day Downers Grove.  Then we will read chapter 12 on local government.  

Math: This week we will begin the study of topic 5 on multiplication facts using patterns.  This week we will focus on the study of 2, 5, and 9 as factors.

Students will also take a timed test on subtraction on Friday, December 12th.  They will need to complete 30 problems in 3 minutes.  They will take practice tests leading up to Friday, December 12th.  

Spelling: This week in spelling we will work on List 12.  There will be a pretest on Monday, December 1st.  The final test will be on Friday, December 5th.

Reading: The November reading logs will be due on Monday, December 1st.  There will be a Weekly Words Quiz on Friday, December 5th.   We finished our first unit, Standing up for What you Believe In.  We will begin a new unit called Traditions.  We will be reading a lot of nonfiction text and learn different nonfiction reading strategies.  

English: We will begin the study of verbs in unit 3.





Things to Remember:
Monday 12/1: November reading logs are due.  
Wednesday 12/3:  Students can choose to take the chapter 9 science test.
Thursday 12/4: We will go on our Downers Grove field trip.
Friday 12/5: There will be a weekly words quiz and a spelling test.  Students can choose to take the chapter 9 science test.

Contact Information: 
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org 
Voice mail: (630)783-5065